President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson posing in front of the new LBJ Library. [LBJ Library photo by Frank Wolfe #D4110]

History

Official Name:

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum

Other Appropriate Name:

LBJ Presidential Library

Dedication Date:

May 22, 1971

Location:

The library is situated on a 30-acre site on The University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas. The building is on a promontory-like plaza adjoining Sid Richardson Hall and the LBJ School of Public Affairs.

Library Architecture:

Modern and monolithic in design, the ten-story building is notable for its unornamented travertine exterior

The east and west walls have a base thickness of eight feet, curving gently upward to the underside walls of the tenth floor, which overhangs the exterior walls by fifteen feet on each side

The north and south walls are set back fifteen feet, with balconies overlooking the campus and city

The most notable feature of the interior is the Great Hall, with its ceremonial staircase and a four-story, glass-encased view of the archives collection